Apirami Ammaip Patikam 1
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1.1
To garland her with a pure garland of Tamil verse, we praise the feet of the Five-handed One / who has three musth-flows and a drooping mouth, / so that it reaches well the golden feet of our Apirāmavalli / of renowned Kaṭavūr, whom devotees daily contemplate.
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Unfailing learning, undiminished longevity, / friendship free of any deceit, unfading prosperity, / unflagging youth, a body devoid of tormenting disease, / an unshakeable mind, a wife whose love never departs, / an unerring lineage, unwaning fame, / speech that never falters, charity free of hindrances, / inexhaustible wealth, an unbent sceptre, / and a life without any sorrow, / granting [these] along with love for your pure feet, / unite me with great devotees, behold! / O Sister of Māyan who takes yogic sleep upon the surging ocean! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi!
1.2
With your row of dark tresses, the garlands on that row, / and the bows of your dark eyebrows, / wearing ear-ornaments, your round, moon-like face, / and the musk mark on your forehead, / with sharp, adorning eyes, nectar-like speech, / lips like small, ripe bimba fruits, / a nose like a sesame blossom, jasmine-like teeth, / and a neck with conch-like folds, / your proud, shapely breasts adorned with a bodice, / your waist-girdle, and your feet with gem-set anklets— / appear and stand before me, and with a gentle smile / remove my stubborn karma! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, filled with sparkling gems like the stars residing in the sky! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi!
1.3
Is it not those who have received the grace-boon of your red lotus eyes— / which crowd against the long makara ear-ornaments, conceal the sesame blossom, / forsake the vāḷai fish, and conquer the kenzhi fish daubed with collyrium— / who canopy the entire earth under a single, unique umbrella, / mount upon the lion throne above, and obtaining a righteous sceptre / and the rule of Manu's justice, rule the world encircled by the ocean; and thereafter, / becoming drivers of Airāvata with his speckled face, praised as they arrive by crowds of gods / who acclaim them as Devendra of delights, / rejoice in heaven along with Paulomī? / O Form of Bliss who grows beginning with the letter 'a'! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi!
1.4
As the ancient Mother who gave birth in due order / to the seven surging oceans, the twice-four directions, / the eight cardinal elephants, the Great Serpent, / the Great Meru, the Great Tortoise, / the twice-seven worlds borne by the spotted serpent, / the hosts of gods, the goddess seated on the lotus, Māyan with his discus, / and the One who wears a tiger-skin around his waist, / to you whose ancient ways none can fathom— / tell me, why do the dwellers of the three worlds, / not knowing [this], call you Bālā? / O Sea of Bliss of the noble who are filled with wisdom! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi!
1.5
Pouring down a rain of grace so that the crop of souls flourishes high without withering, / embracing them without wearying with the wings of your love / upon the ocean of bliss, / bestowing food to eat without deficiency / on the crores of living beings, from the tiny crawling ant to the herd of elephants, / O Nirmalī whose belly lovingly gives birth / to all the worlds bounded by the eternal ocean, [the world] proclaims you Mother of the Universes; / will they ever proclaim you Nīlī? / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, soaring in fame through the sacrifices of the unblemished four Vedas! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi!
1.6
From the many elephants down to the lowest ant, / for each varied life, for the toad trapped inside a rock, / for the life that takes form on that day in the womb, / for the abundant moving and unmoving beings, for the host of unblinking gods, / for the [celebrated] Trinity, and for everyone else, / without weariness arising in their minds, / though you possess the glorious task of providing [for all], / and though you have the boundless nine treasures, / if I alone am base in poverty, / is not that mockery directed at you? / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, where groves touch the dark clouds and measure the realm of gods! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!
1.7
Standing as the support for the enduring worlds, eternal, / the embodiment of liberation, you who dutifully / foster the thirty-two virtues as a wife— / yet, running and entering from house to house, his legs weary, / shame gone, having no destiny to wear even a white cloth at his waist, / clad in a naked guise, bearing a skull-bowl / in his hand, his heart failing everywhere in the land, / becoming a madman, O Mother! Why does your husband wander / longing and begging alms everywhere? Tell me! / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, where women sport atop pavilions with fluttering banners! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!
1.8
Going to the virtuous in whom wisdom flourishes and who know your inherent form, / sitting among them with joy, undertaking service, / receiving the instruction they utter, / casting aside baseness, driving away the pride of 'I' and 'mine' so none remains, / sealing shut the gates of the senses, / and lighting a lamp to dispel the darkness of the heart— / O Swan with eyes stretching to the edge of the sky! Placing you / upon the lotus flower of my heart, free from all other worry, / entering supreme absorption, when shall I sink / into an imperishable ocean of bliss? / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!
1.9
If you are the mother who bore the moving and unmoving beings of this ocean-girt world, / are you not my mother too? Am I not your child? / Dispelling my distress, feeding me the milk / pouring from your breasts, wiping my face with the hem of your cloth, / delighting in my lisping prattle, rejoicing in your smile bright as tender moonlight, / showering a rain of grace as I frolic and play near you, / clapping your fair hands and calling, 'Come!', / if you say of me, 'He is younger brother to the Elephant-faced One and Kandan', / would there be any dishonour? / O insatiable nectar born in the surging sea! / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!
1.10
Taking a flower in hand, not even for a moment have I worshipped your flower-like feet; / with the flower of my eyes, I have not gazed upon the flower of your face; / not once in the three times of day have I meditated on you with the flower of my mind, / nor thought of walking behind those who walk before your temple; / I have drifted, utterly deceived! / When terrible Kāla comes riding upon a male buffalo / as black as collyrium, / and in that moment when this lonely soul is bewildered and distressed, / come and grant the flower of your grace! / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!
1.11
Excess pursues, burning disease pursues, rising anger pursues,
destitution pursues, grey hair and wrinkles pursue, great torments pursue,
Enmity pursues, treachery pursues, what is called hunger pursues,
sin pursues, lust for place pursues, many affairs pursue,
Mockery pursues, past karma pursues, my days pursue;
running with my tongue parched and dry, my legs failing me—will Yama too pursue me?
O foundational deity of all the worlds!
O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr!
Śukapāṇi, who never parts from a side of Amutīcar!
Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi!